FUGEN: A tool for the design of layouts for cellular manufacturing systems

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 595-616

  Sangwan, K S ^a   Kodali, Rambabu ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytic hierarchy process; CMS layout; Fuzzy logics; Genetic algorithms

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149172171     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2009.025116     Document Type: Article

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